# White/black Screen with pdf embedded content

**URL:** <https://forums.screenly.io/t/white-black-screen-with-pdf-embedded-content/797>\
**Category:** Anthias\
**Created:** [May 19, 2022, 9:48am UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/white-black-screen-with-pdf-embedded-content/797 "2022-05-19T09:48:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![buehlera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@buehlera](https://forums.screenly.io/u/buehlera)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 9:48am UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/white-black-screen-with-pdf-embedded-content/797/1 "2022-05-19T09:48:03Z")

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Hello,  
we have problems with our Wordpress Content. Only when content shows embedded pdf sites, screnly crashes after a few minutes and shows only Display white (newer Screenly player) - a black screen in older screenly player.  
We tested on Raspberry 3B+ 1GB til Raspberry 4B 8GB

After we reboot the docker screenly\_srly-ose-viewer\_1 service the screen comes up again.

log:  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | User information: uid=0 euid=0 gid=0 egid=0  
srly-ose-celery\_1 |  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | uid=uid, euid=euid, gid=gid, egid=egid,  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 10:14:58,360: INFO/MainProcess] Connected to redis://redis:6379/0  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 10:14:58,395: INFO/MainProcess] mingle: searching for neighbors  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get Git branch  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 10:14:59,455: INFO/MainProcess] mingle: all alone  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get latest version from GitHub  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Showing asset hostname/3tft.html (webpage)  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 10:14:59,495: INFO/MainProcess] worker@screenly ready.  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Current url is hostname/3tft.html  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 10:15:03,988: INFO/Beat] beat: Starting…  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Sleeping for 300  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get Git branch  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get latest version from GitHub  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Showing asset hostname/3tft.html (webpage)  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 10:15:04,118: INFO/Beat] Scheduler: Sending due task display\_power (server.get\_display\_power)  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Current url is hostname/3tft.html  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Sleeping for 300  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get Git branch  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get latest version from GitHub  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 10:15:04,146: INFO/MainProcess] Received task: server.get\_display\_power[70f16011-03b4-43cf-909a-1dd2900c3702]  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Showing asset hostname/3tft.html (webpage)  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 10:20:19,530: INFO/Beat] Scheduler: Sending due task display\_power (server.get\_display\_power)  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Current url is hostname/3tft.html  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 10:20:19,553: INFO/MainProcess] Received task: server.get\_display\_power[b71a8054-f015-459a-b6ec-a7973a6a7ee0]  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Sleeping for 300  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 10:22:13,603: INFO/Beat] Scheduler: Sending due task cleanup (server.cleanup)  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get Git branch  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get latest version from GitHub  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 10:22:13,613: INFO/Beat] Scheduler: Sending due task cleanup\_usb\_assets (server.cleanup\_usb\_assets)  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Showing asset hostname/3tft.html (webpage)  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 10:22:13,618: INFO/MainProcess] Received task: server.cleanup[f35b42d6-8c4a-48dc-9a0d-3d4f9e6e7e6c]  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Current url is hostname/3tft.html  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Sleeping for 300  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 10:22:13,629: INFO/MainProcess] Received task: server.cleanup\_usb\_assets[7c158c60-8bf4-4837-a29f-5f3f8666e795]  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get Git branch  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 10:22:13,676: INFO/ForkPoolWorker-5] Task server.cleanup\_usb\_assets[7c158c60-8bf4-4837-a29f-5f3f8666e795] succeeded in 0.038594217s: None  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get latest version from GitHub  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 10:22:14,497: INFO/ForkPoolWorker-4] Task server.cleanup[f35b42d6-8c4a-48dc-9a0d-3d4f9e6e7e6c] succeeded in 0.860188206s: None  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Showing asset hostname/3tft.html (webpage)  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 10:25:19,607: INFO/Beat] Scheduler: Sending due task display\_power (server.get\_display\_power)  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Current url is hostname/3tft.html  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 10:25:19,619: INFO/MainProcess] Received task: server.get\_display\_power[b076f27d-616a-441a-b8c2-982a505af1c8]  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Sleeping for 300  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 10:30:19,683: INFO/Beat] Scheduler: Sending due task display\_power (server.get\_display\_power)  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get Git branch  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 10:30:19,696: INFO/MainProcess] Received task: server.get\_display\_power[c355e343-197f-4038-98e7-8b79f131f08e]  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get latest version from GitHub  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 10:35:19,776: INFO/Beat] Scheduler: Sending due task display\_power (server.get\_display\_power)  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Showing asset hostname/3tft.html (webpage)  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 10:35:19,793: INFO/MainProcess] Received task: server.get\_display\_power[80945507-44e6-42bf-b02a-9c725846dc06]  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Current url is hostname/3tft.html  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 10:40:19,871: INFO/Beat] Scheduler: Sending due task display\_power (server.get\_display\_power)  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Sleeping for 300  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 10:40:19,885: INFO/MainProcess] Received task: server.get\_display\_power[f6f402bd-6b76-43e7-ac3b-81d229900518]  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get Git branch  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 10:45:19,956: INFO/Beat] Scheduler: Sending due task display\_power (server.get\_display\_power)  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get latest version from GitHub  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 10:45:19,969: INFO/MainProcess] Received task: server.get\_display\_power[f783b399-f0c8-493a-a46f-ec38110aaaf2]  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Showing asset hostname/3tft.html (webpage)  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 10:50:20,009: INFO/Beat] Scheduler: Sending due task display\_power (server.get\_display\_power)  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Current url is hostname/3tft.html  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 10:50:20,020: INFO/MainProcess] Received task: server.get\_display\_power[1588f67b-31c3-4f66-8282-0a784f45e5ec]  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Sleeping for 300  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 10:55:20,103: INFO/Beat] Scheduler: Sending due task display\_power (server.get\_display\_power)  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get Git branch  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 10:55:20,115: INFO/MainProcess] Received task: server.get\_display\_power[9ec50af4-3928-47b7-a09b-75c8edf2b213]  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get latest version from GitHub  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 11:00:20,195: INFO/Beat] Scheduler: Sending due task display\_power (server.get\_display\_power)  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Showing asset hostname/3tft.html (webpage)  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 11:00:20,207: INFO/MainProcess] Received task: server.get\_display\_power[eb8bf6e4-2036-4a38-bb5a-36aae82afdcf]  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Current url is hostname/3tft.html  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 11:05:20,196: INFO/Beat] Scheduler: Sending due task display\_power (server.get\_display\_power)  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Sleeping for 300  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get Git branch  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get latest version from GitHub  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 11:05:20,209: INFO/MainProcess] Received task: server.get\_display\_power[fbe8bf00-f024-44ee-871f-d45c8d8e2fe8]  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Showing asset hostname/3tft.html (webpage)  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 11:10:20,285: INFO/Beat] Scheduler: Sending due task display\_power (server.get\_display\_power)  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Current url is hostname/3tft.html  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 11:10:20,295: INFO/MainProcess] Received task: server.get\_display\_power[4a3038e6-12c7-45a3-9236-6048bda95fea]  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Sleeping for 300  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 11:15:20,380: INFO/Beat] Scheduler: Sending due task display\_power (server.get\_display\_power)  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get Git branch  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 11:15:20,391: INFO/MainProcess] Received task: server.get\_display\_power[69ebcc82-44ce-4c1d-bf1b-cbb830470036]  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get latest version from GitHub  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 11:20:20,380: INFO/Beat] Scheduler: Sending due task display\_power (server.get\_display\_power)  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Showing asset hostname/3tft.html (webpage)  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 11:20:20,393: INFO/MainProcess] Received task: server.get\_display\_power[3b656529-0f58-448b-bc44-b4e8b5e4ab94]  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Current url is hostname/3tft.html  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 11:22:13,664: INFO/Beat] Scheduler: Sending due task cleanup (server.cleanup)  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Sleeping for 300  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 11:22:13,673: INFO/Beat] Scheduler: Sending due task cleanup\_usb\_assets (server.cleanup\_usb\_assets)  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get Git branch  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 11:22:13,679: INFO/MainProcess] Received task: server.cleanup[d3c4c1f0-e99c-4445-9f47-63323352e68c]  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get latest version from GitHub  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 11:22:13,688: INFO/MainProcess] Received task: server.cleanup\_usb\_assets[2864d8fa-7cce-4e7c-949a-a0dd9dc31b6a]  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Showing asset hostname/3tft.html (webpage)  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 11:25:20,380: INFO/Beat] Scheduler: Sending due task display\_power (server.get\_display\_power)  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Current url is hostname/3tft.html  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 11:25:20,393: INFO/MainProcess] Received task: server.get\_display\_power[7ce76832-ae9f-4ee6-a84c-e1b67096015b]  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Sleeping for 300  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 11:30:20,465: INFO/Beat] Scheduler: Sending due task display\_power (server.get\_display\_power)  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get Git branch  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 11:30:20,474: INFO/MainProcess] Received task: server.get\_display\_power[de8efadc-c9f0-4ff7-80f1-22f93ec0ebc5]  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get latest version from GitHub  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 11:35:20,562: INFO/Beat] Scheduler: Sending due task display\_power (server.get\_display\_power)  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Showing asset hostname/3tft.html (webpage)  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 11:35:20,573: INFO/MainProcess] Received task: server.get\_display\_power[27dd4bfd-20a9-4fdf-9528-c0bce0d8c0fb]  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Current url is hostname/3tft.html  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 11:36:44,565: INFO/MainProcess] Received task: server.get\_display\_power[80945507-44e6-42bf-b02a-9c725846dc06]  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Sleeping for 300  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 11:40:20,657: INFO/Beat] Scheduler: Sending due task display\_power (server.get\_display\_power)  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get Git branch  
srly-ose-celery\_1 | [2022-05-19 11:40:20,670: INFO/MainProcess] Received task: server.get\_display\_power[1173a754-473a-4799-8763-8159365f48df]  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get latest version from GitHub  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Showing asset hostname/3tft.html (webpage)  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Current url is hostname/3tft.html  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Sleeping for 300  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get Git branch  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get latest version from GitHub  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Showing asset hostname/3tft.html (webpage)  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Current url is hostname/3tft.html  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Sleeping for 300  
…  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get Git branch  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get latest version from GitHub  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Showing asset hostname/3tft.html (webpage)  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Current url is hostname/3tft.html  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Sleeping for 300  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get Git branch  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get latest version from GitHub  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Generating asset-list…  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Showing asset hostname/3tft.html (webpage)  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Current url is hostname/3tft.html  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Sleeping for 300  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/requests/ **init**.py:91: RequestsDependencyWarning: urllib3 (1.26.5) or chardet (3.0.4) doesn’t match a supported version!  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | RequestsDependencyWarning)  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Home directory not accessible: Permission denied  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | [01ca3550] vlcpulse audio output error: PulseAudio server connection failure: Connection refused  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Home directory not accessible: Permission denied  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | [01ca4e80] vlcpulse audio output error: PulseAudio server connection failure: Connection refused  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Loading browser…  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Generating asset-list…  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Current url is srly-ose-nginx:80/splash-page  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Current url is srly-ose-nginx:80/static/img/loading.png  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get Git branch  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get latest version from GitHub  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Showing asset hostname/3tft.html (webpage)  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Current url is hostname/3tft.html  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Sleeping for 300  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get Git branch  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get latest version from GitHub  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Showing asset hostname/3tft.html (webpage)  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Current url is hostname/3tft.html  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Sleeping for 300  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/requests/ **init**.py:91: RequestsDependencyWarning: urllib3 (1.26.5) or chardet (3.0.4) doesn’t match a supported version!  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | RequestsDependencyWarning)  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Home directory not accessible: Permission denied  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | [00c80d90] vlcpulse audio output error: PulseAudio server connection failure: Connection refused  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Home directory not accessible: Permission denied  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | [00c82628] vlcpulse audio output error: PulseAudio server connection failure: Connection refused  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Loading browser…  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Generating asset-list…  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Current url is srly-ose-nginx:80/splash-page  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Current url is srly-ose-nginx:80/static/img/loading.png  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get Git branch  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get latest version from GitHub  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Showing asset hostname/3tft.html (webpage)  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Current url is hostname/3tft.html  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Sleeping for 300  
…  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get Git branch  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get latest version from GitHub  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Showing asset hostname/3tft.html (webpage)  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Current url is hostname/3tft.html  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Sleeping for 300  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/requests/ **init**.py:91: RequestsDependencyWarning: urllib3 (1.26.5) or chardet (3.0.4) doesn’t match a supported version!  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | RequestsDependencyWarning)  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | ./bin/start\_viewer.sh: line 47: kill: 40 37: arguments must be process or job IDs  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/requests/ **init**.py:91: RequestsDependencyWarning: urllib3 (1.26.5) or chardet (3.0.4) doesn’t match a supported version!  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | RequestsDependencyWarning)  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Home directory not accessible: Permission denied  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | [01dfda50] vlcpulse audio output error: PulseAudio server connection failure: Connection refused  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Home directory not accessible: Permission denied  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | [01dff1e8] vlcpulse audio output error: PulseAudio server connection failure: Connection refused  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Loading browser…  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Generating asset-list…  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Current url is srly-ose-nginx:80/splash-page  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Current url is srly-ose-nginx:80/static/img/loading.png  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get Git branch  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get latest version from GitHub  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Showing asset hostname/3tft.html (webpage)  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Current url is hostname/3tft.html  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Sleeping for 300  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/requests/ **init**.py:91: RequestsDependencyWarning: urllib3 (1.26.5) or chardet (3.0.4) doesn’t match a supported version!  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | RequestsDependencyWarning)  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Home directory not accessible: Permission denied  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | [00a7fe70] vlcpulse audio output error: PulseAudio server connection failure: Connection refused  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Home directory not accessible: Permission denied  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | [00a81818] vlcpulse audio output error: PulseAudio server connection failure: Connection refused  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Loading browser…  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Generating asset-list…  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Current url is srly-ose-nginx:80/static/img/loading.png  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get Git branch  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get latest version from GitHub  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Showing asset hostname/3tft.html (webpage)  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Current url is hostname/3tft.html  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Sleeping for 300  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get Git branch  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get latest version from GitHub  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Showing asset hostname/3tft.html (webpage)  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Current url is hostname/3tft.html  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Sleeping for 300  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/requests/ **init**.py:91: RequestsDependencyWarning: urllib3 (1.26.5) or chardet (3.0.4) doesn’t match a supported version!  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | RequestsDependencyWarning)  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Home directory not accessible: Permission denied  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | [01a11420] vlcpulse audio output error: PulseAudio server connection failure: Connection refused  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Home directory not accessible: Permission denied  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | [01a12c70] vlcpulse audio output error: PulseAudio server connection failure: Connection refused  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Loading browser…  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Generating asset-list…  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Current url is srly-ose-nginx:80/static/img/loading.png  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get Git branch  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Unable to get latest version from GitHub  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Showing asset hostname/3tft.html (webpage)  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Current url is hostname/3tft.html  
srly-ose-viewer\_1 | Sleeping for 300

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**Author:** ![vpetersson](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forums.screenly.io/vpetersson/32/8_2.png) [@vpetersson](https://forums.screenly.io/u/vpetersson)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 7:37am UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/white-black-screen-with-pdf-embedded-content/797/3 "2022-05-26T07:37:58Z")

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This will not work. You can’t embed PDFs in web content as that will not be rendered.

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**Author:** ![buehlera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@buehlera](https://forums.screenly.io/u/buehlera)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 10:29am UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/white-black-screen-with-pdf-embedded-content/797/4 "2022-06-01T10:29:52Z")

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it works, but only for a certain amount of time (about 15 minutes, sometimes longer).  
As a workaround, I have now set up a cron job that restarts the Docker container every 15 minutes. But that doesn’t seem like a permanent solution to me.  
Background: a Wordpress layout is shown that is also based on the “Foyer” plugin. The pdf is then embedded here.

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**Author:** ![ealmonte32](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forums.screenly.io/ealmonte32/32/228_2.png) [@ealmonte32](https://forums.screenly.io/u/ealmonte32)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 11:39pm UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/white-black-screen-with-pdf-embedded-content/797/5 "2022-11-16T23:39:22Z")

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@buehlera  
Can I just ask, why do you need to use the embedded PDF site Foyer plugin etc? Why cant you use something like Google Slides with Publish set to on, which works perfectly fine, and to always reload the Google Slides URL, I used to add an asset that just showed the Weather, then back to the Google Slides URL, that way you can control all content of the Slide without even needing to go into the screenly assets page unless to make changes…

\*\* update \*\*  
I just read on other posts that some users were doing this but google slides broke something with published slides, so I would still recommend to give it a try since those posts were from 2021.
